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The Facts of What Has Happened:

• The Financial Crisis: The Indiana State Board of Accounts (SBOA) has officially certified that the City of Alexandria's finances are in peril. The forensic audit confirmed the city ran 11 separate overdrawn cash accounts, misspent restricted Opioid Settlement funds on unauthorized items, and completely omitted millions in Sewage Works bond funds from public reporting portals to mask a structural deficit. SPARTZ is silent.
• The Ratepayer Burden: To cover for these mounting deficits, the City Council raised local consumer utility rates. Despite local residents facing inflated monthly bills. Spartz is silent.
• The Public Health Emergency: Independent certified laboratory records confirmed an unsatisfactory, toxic 200+ MPN/100 mL E. coli and Total Coliform bacterial spike in local water lines. An infant, a toddler, and elderly residents were hospitalized with E. coli poisoning, and internal utility emails explicitly confirmed a 4-month-old was admitted to the hospital. Spartz is SILENT. This doesn't include the toddler and elderly woman hospitalized for 8 days peeing blood.
• The Local Blame Game: As infrastructure failures mounted and public outrage grew, the Alexandria City Parks Board pointed fingers. Spartz is silent.
• The Court Enforcement: The state judiciary intervened, issuing strict judicial orders and finding that the city executed an illegal, 8-month "constructive denial" of public health data. The court has ordered local officials to submit consolidated compliance logs under penalty of perjury by this Friday, October 2. Spartz is SILENT.

Why the Silence?

With the general election just weeks away, U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz has maintained absolute, calculated silence on this entire multi-agency crisis.

Tomorrow morning, a formal lawsuit is filed against the Madison County Health Department for suppressing clinical logs, and a geotargeted media blitz goes live across Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Anderson, and Muncie to ask one definitive question before voters head to the ballot box

When does Spartz finally speak up for the people? Friend or enemy? Only an enemy stays silent in the midst of suffering.

Today I filed James Peters v. Office of the LT Governor Micah Beckwith, Madison Circuit Court 3, Case No. 48C03-2608-MI-000308.

Here’s the sequence:

1. DENIED OUTRIGHT.
The Lt. Governor’s Office said my narrowly time-limited APRA request was too broad to process.

2. THEN THEY SEARCHED IT ANYWAY.
They produced records.

3. THEN THEY FOUND MORE.
A second production followed.

4. THEN THEY CLAIMED COMPLETE PRODUCTION.
The Office told the Public Access Counselor it searched every staff member, including Lt. Gov. Beckwith, using the requested keywords and communication media, and said it had produced everything.

5. THEN RECORDS STARTED SURFACING FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
Including an IDEM email sent to Beckwith’s official government address that his Office never produced.

And records they did produce appear to point toward additional communications that never surfaced including Alexandria financial/water information being relayed “back to the Lieutenant Governor.”

This isn’t happening in isolation.

It intersects with the ongoing Alexandria water and financial-accountability fight and a much larger LIVE federal whistleblower case. 2026-CFP-00004

Denied. Produced. Found more. Claimed complete. More surfaced elsewhere.

Now a judge gets to look at the record.

Read the documents. Follow the money. Follow the records. Draw your own conclusions.

I have been reviewing Alexandria’s financial records, and the numbers are hard to ignore.

Six years ago, the City’s utility funds reportedly had more than $1.4 million in combined positive balances.

By the end of 2025, those same funds reportedly showed more than $1.16 million in combined deficits.

That is a swing of more than $2.5 million. Where did your money go?

The Indiana State Board of Accounts also issued an Adverse Audit Opinion and identified serious problems involving financial reporting and internal controls. At least 10 City funds were overdrawn. Negative funds. Hyper spending. Do you not have questions?

Despite that, residents were told the utilities either had to be privatized or rates had to increase.

Water went up 91%.
Sewer went up 39%.
Stormwater doubled.

During a public meeting, the City’s own attorney said: Referring to utility spending.

“I don’t know where it is or coming from.”

Wendi Goens- Sitting council woman. It had to come from the general fund.

That should concern everyone, regardless of politics or personal feelings about anyone involved.

Before asking residents to pay dramatically higher rates, the City should provide a clear, complete, and independently verifiable accounting of what happened to the money already collected.

Where did the utility money go?

Why were so many funds overdrawn?

How did positive balances become million-dollar deficits?

Why were rates increased before the public received a complete explanation?

These are not personal attacks. They are reasonable questions based on public financial record and Alexandria residents deserve answers.

What are your thoughts on this email? This is during an E Coli outbreak, numerous failed tests in numerous residences, chlorine failure, and numerous people reporting sickness beyond this baby. City and IDEM says everything is fine close your eyes to the entire city. This baby was reportedly struggling to survive.

Anthony,

Good Afternoon. The test results from Lisa Summers was collected at her residence by her. The results show a positive result for ecoli. The plate count was extremely high and I feel the result is due to a improper collection of the sample. That is my professional opinion. Clint Woods with IDEM, which is the Inspector for Water for Madison County, and myself met with Lisa Summers at her residence on July 7, 2025 to collect a water sample and do an immediate test for chlorine residual. There were 2 separate samples collected from 2 separate sinks that each had a result for chlorine. I strongly believe that by having the presence of chlorine in the samples, this shows a strong foundation that e coli can not survive and produce. Clint Woods collected both of the samples. To my knowledge, Lisa Summers intends to collect another sample from her residence on have HML in Muncie test. The 4 month child that has ecoli, was admitted to Community Hospital in Anderson. A Doctor has stated the baby has e coli and it has been stated...from bath water. The Mayor of Alexandria and Water Department Employee collected a water sample at the residence of the infant on June 27, 2025 and took the sample to HML in Muncie for testing. June 30, 2025, The City of Alexandria received the test result as being negative for bacteria. The specifics of the infant's sickness has not been spoken of, except thru social media. Alexandria did post results of the test sample.

Clint Woods addressed Alexandria City ounce of July 7, 2025 in regards to Alexandria's testing results, testing protocols and educational/information web sites the public can view. I have included Clint Woods in this email as he has been involved from the beginning. If I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.

Thank you,

Mark Caldwell
Alexandria Water Works

Alexandria, Indiana: Where are the records?

I know some people are tired of hearing about Alexandria water.

Honestly, I am tired of talking about it.

But I cannot get past one thing:

If this is all nonsense, why are key records still not fully produced almost a year later?

A lot of people have heard pieces of the story by now.

E. coli.

Low chlorine.

IDEM.

The City.

Public records.

Court orders.

LT Governor's office.

Rate increases.

A baby. E Coli

A toddler. E Coli

An adult reportedly hospitalized for eight days. E Coli

It sounds insane when you say it all together. I get that.

But that is exactly why the records matter.

If I am wrong, the records should show that.

If the City is right, the records should show that.

If IDEM is right, the records should show that.

So why is the public still fighting for them?

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⭐ WHAT HAPPENED IN ALEXANDRIA? — PART 3
THE TESTING QUESTION

QUICK SUMMARY:
An IDEM representative, Clint Woods, was recorded calling a chlorine reading below the state-mandated minimum a “good number.” Independent laboratories documented contamination. IDEM’s public statements conflict with residents’ evidence. The integrity of the testing process is now a central, unresolved question.

The integrity of the testing is one of the most serious unresolved issues in this crisis.

An Indiana Department of Environmental Management representative, Clint Woods, was recorded stating that a chlorine reading of 0.09 ppm was a “good number.”

The state-mandated minimum is 0.2 ppm.

That reading was taken at a home that had previously tested positive for E. coli.

A second chlorine test — conducted by what appeared to be Woods’ supervisor — was performed at the same home.

Before the reading, bleach was applied to the faucet for several minutes.

Residents who witnessed the test questioned whether this could elevate the chlorine reading.

Independent, state-certified laboratory tests documented chlorine levels as low as 0.029 ppm in Alexandria homes — less than one-seventh of the state-mandated minimum.

These contradictions go to the heart of the crisis.

The public deserves answers:

Was testing conducted according to proper protocol?

Who authorized the methods used?

What exact locations were tested?

Who collected the samples?

Was chain-of-custody documented?

Why were chlorine logs withheld from public records requests?

If testing was conducted properly, the procedures, logs, locations, timestamps, and chain-of-custody documentation should be released in full.

People got sick.

Testing is questioned.

Records remain incomplete.

The public is not obligated to accept contradictions.

The public is entitled to the truth.

What happened in Alexandria?

⭐ WHAT HAPPENED IN ALEXANDRIA? — PART 2
PEOPLE GOT SICK

Quick Summary: “According to families two children and an elderly resident were hospitalized with confirmed E. coli. Independent laboratories documented contamination at residential taps. No boil notice was issued. The Mayor declared the water safe anyway. This contradiction demands answers.”

People got sick.

According to their families, two children were hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed E. coli, and an elderly resident spent eight days in the hospital following acute exposure.

One resident reported urinating blood for more than a week after documented contamination.

Another became so severely ill that her son traveled from Kentucky to care for her during recovery.

These are not statistics.

These are families.

Independent, state-certified laboratory tests confirmed E. coli and total coliform contamination inside multiple homes served by the municipal water system.

Yet no boil-water notice was ever issued to protect the public.

On July 25, 2025, Mayor Todd Naselroad publicly declared the City’s water “safe to drink” at the same time independent laboratory results from residents’ homes were documenting contamination.

The City and IDEM later stated the reported illnesses did not originate from the municipal supply. This is huge because there is evidence that directly goes against this claim and I have it.

Residents’ certified lab results documented contamination at residential taps.

That unresolved conflict, not a settled answer either way, is exactly why subpoenas to the testing laboratories and a truly independent investigation are necessary.

A Madison County court later found Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman liable for constructive denial of public records related to this crisis.

When families become seriously ill around their municipal drinking water, and the records surrounding that crisis are withheld or incomplete, the public is under no obligation to “move on.”

The public has a right to the truth.

The public is obligated to ask:

What happened in Alexandria?

Here is a link to the documents so you can decide.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ihq9B-ulfg7QrVoY7YzmyIdmD-HAs8Mk?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-%5Bmodule%5D-goto

⭐ WHAT HAPPENED IN ALEXANDRIA? — PART 1 OF 10

SILENCE FROM LEADERS AND JOURNALISTS IS NOW A SIDE

Every official, agency, candidate, journalist, and community leader in Indiana should be asked one question:

Will you support immediate federal and state intervention, full preservation of all records, and an independent investigation into what happened in Alexandria yes or no?

Here is why that question matters.

Families report that two children were hospitalized with confirmed E. coli, and that an elderly resident was hospitalized for eight days following E. coli exposure.

Multiple additional residents reported E. coli-related illness and hospitalization.

Independent testing confirmed contamination in multiple Alexandria homes.

Chlorine levels were documented far below the state-mandated minimum.

No boil notice was ever issued.

A court found Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman liable for constructive denial of public records.

Those records remain incomplete nearly one year later.

Residents have raised serious unanswered questions about millions of dollars in spending that has not been fully accounted for.

Utility rates were still raised on some of the most vulnerable residents in Indiana.

The City and IDEM have publicly stated the water was safe.

Residents’ independent lab results and chlorine readings told a different story.

That unresolved conflict, not a settled answer either way, is exactly why subpoenas to the testing labs, preservation of all records, and a truly independent investigation are necessary.

It has been almost a year.

This is no longer a local paperwork issue.

This is a public health failure.

This is a public records failure.

This is a public money failure.

If everything was handled properly, federal and state review will confirm it.

If it was not, the public deserves accountability, not more silence, not missing records, and not higher bills.

Silence from officials is not neutral.

When a child is hospitalized…

When water tests show contamination…

When chlorine readings fall below the legal minimum…

When no boil notice is issued…

When records are slow-walked despite a court order…

When millions of dollars remain unexplained…

When rates go up while answers do not…

Silence becomes a side.

Share this.

Ask the question.

Demand federal and state intervention.

What happened in Alexandria?

And does this reach beyond Alexandria into Madison County?

Madison County residents: speak up.

This case is now before the Indiana Court of Appeals under cause number 26A-PL-01344, where the evidence is permanently entered into the public record and available for independent verification.

Supporting documentation is available for public review here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ihq9B-ulfg7QrVoY7YzmyIdmD-HAs8Mk?usp=drive_link

I am going to say this as clearly as I can.

In 5 days, I am beginning a 10-part public accountability series:

WHAT HAPPENED IN ALEXANDRIA / MADISON COUNTY?

This is not me asking anyone to blindly believe me.

Actually, I do not want that.

I want people to look at the records, look at the timeline, look at the unanswered questions, and decide for themselves whether this is acceptable.

This series is going to cover:

• Reported sickness involving vulnerable residents. Seriously folks were reportedly injured. Not just a fe.
• Questions about water testing and chlorine readings. Bleach bagging prior to a chlorine reading?
• Whether testing procedures reflected the actual conditions residents were living with. Numerous residents have conflicting reports.
• Public records that appear incomplete or disputed. Alexandria clerk already proven in Non-Compliance by Superior Court 3 in Madison County.
• Utility-rate increases and unanswered money questions. 100% increase on some utilties. 133,400 MORE in profit?
• State and local involvement
• The pressure, cost, and business damage that made it harder to keep pushing for answers. Kill his business. He can't keep talking. SHHHHHHH

The two questions I keep coming back to are simple:

Where did the utility money go? Seriously. WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?

And:

Why were rates increased before the public received a full accounting? Seriously raise rates 100% but non-compliance with public records?

Those are not small questions.

People should not be asked to pay more into a system before they get a full explanation of what happened, where the money went, and why records remain incomplete or disputed.

For 10 straight days, I will release one part per day.

One issue at a time.

One question at a time.

One record at a time.

I know Reddit is skeptical. Good. Be skeptical.

Do not take my word for it. Follow the series, look at the receipts, challenge the weak points, and help pressure the right people to answer the basic questions.

Who knew what, and when?

What were residents told?

Were testing procedures reliable?

Why do records appear incomplete?

Where did the utility money go? Big one.

Why were rates increased before a full public accounting? Big one.

If everything was handled properly, the records should show that. Right?

If serious mistakes were made, the public deserves to know.

Part 1 releases in 5 days.

What happened in Alexandria / Madison County?

The Herald Bulletin editorial board just put Alexandria officials on notice.

Their words:

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That is exactly where this is headed.

Alexandria officials can either answer now, or possibly answer under oath later.

Here are the issues.

The money:
The State Board of Accounts found Alexandria in “serious violation.” The Water Fund reportedly went from roughly $1.5 million surplus to roughly $1.5 million deficit. Now residents are being hit with major utility rate increases.

The records:
Madison Circuit Court already found Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman in APRA non-compliance and stated records were “not produced.”

The water:
Alexandria had an E. coli incident. People reportedly were hospitalized. Hundreds of tort claims were filed.

On 6/10/26, an IDEM agent was filmed during a chlorine-related tap test.

In the video:

0:07 — “This is bleach.”
0:29 — “These faucets aren’t very good... that’s why we’re not testing the spout or the mechanism inside.”
0:46 — “Important to make sure there is enough flushing.”

So here is the question IDEM and Alexandria need to answer publicly:

Is bleachbagging a faucet IDEM policy for chlorine residual testing?

Because if the public is being told the water is safe, doesn't the testing method matter?

And if residents are being told to pay more, the missing records matter.

I have the audit, court order, editorial, raw video, APRA records, federal inquiry documents, and timestamps.

Video: https://www.reddit.com/r/Indiana/comments/1tgnwrk/idem_agent_caught_on_video_bleachbagging_faucet/

Timestamps in comments.

Indiana residents: show up. Ask questions. Demand records. Demand answers.

This is not going away.

The ratepayers are not the problem.

The silence is.

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At the end of 2019, the last full year before the current administration took office, Alexandria, Indiana's utility-related funds showed more than $1.5 million in positive cash balances. Mayor Todd Naselroad and Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman took office in 2020.

By the end of 2025, the City's sewage operating fund was -$812,416.35 and its water operating fund was -$352,097.57. More than $1.1 million negative in just those two utility operating funds.

Right now, Alexandria feels like the Tootsie Pop owl commercial everyone’s trying to get to the center of this financial mess, and the people in charge keep taking a giant bite before anyone gets answers.

Then the Indiana State Board of Accounts issued an adverse opinion on the City's financial statements and identified serious financial reporting and internal-control failures.

Then, in a public City Council meeting, the City's own attorney addressed the negative utility balances and said:

"It had to have come from some place. I don't know where it is. From my guess it is out of your general fund, and I don't know that you made the appropriation to spend those dollars."

A sitting council member, Wendi Goens, responded that the money "had to come from the general fund."

So the obvious questions are:

Where did the money go? What expenses were pushed into the utilities? Who approved it? Were public funds moved legally? Why should residents pay higher rates before anyone answers those questions?

I filed a statutory objection to the new utility rates.

Indiana law says that once a qualifying objection is filed and not abandoned, the municipality may not proceed with the disputed rates until the matters are heard and determined by the court. “Evidence is a must.” https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-8/article-1-5/chapter-3/section-8-1-5-3-8-2/ (Take a look at the statute here) and here https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-36/article-9/chapter-23/section-36-9-23-26-1/

The City's own attorneys admitted the new rates could not be implemented while my petition was pending. They then asked the court to make me post a $133,400 bond for one month of what they called "foregone profit."

Then my objection was dismissed without an evidentiary hearing, and the rates were ordered imposed.

That question is now headed to the Indiana Court of Appeals:

Do ratepayer protections actually protect ratepayers or do they disappear the moment local government needs more money and find them inconvenient? MAGIC

This is not just Alexandria's problem. Every American should care when a government can lose millions in public utility funds, fail an audit, admit it does not know where the deficit money came from, raise residents' rates, and then fight the person demanding answers. We takes your money and fights yous for it. My precious.

The appeal is pending. The rates are about to be collected. The question before the Indiana Court of Appeals is simple do ratepayer protection statutes actually protect ratepayers, or do they disappear the moment a local government needs more money to cover a deficit it cannot explain?

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At the end of 2019, the last full year before the current administration took office, Alexandria, Indiana's utility-related funds showed more than $1.5 million in positive cash balances. Mayor Todd Naselroad and Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman took office in 2020.

By the end of 2025, the City's sewage operating fund was -$812,416.35 and its water operating fund was -$352,097.57. More than $1.1 million negative in just those two utility operating funds.

Right now, Alexandria feels like the Tootsie Pop owl commercial everyone’s trying to get to the center of this financial mess, and the people in charge keep taking a giant bite before anyone gets answers.

Then the Indiana State Board of Accounts issued an adverse opinion on the City's financial statements and identified serious financial reporting and internal-control failures.

Then, in a public City Council meeting, the City's own attorney addressed the negative utility balances and said:

"It had to have come from some place. I don't know where it is. From my guess it is out of your general fund, and I don't know that you made the appropriation to spend those dollars."

A sitting council member, Wendi Goens, responded that the money "had to come from the general fund."

So the obvious questions are:

Where did the money go? What expenses were pushed into the utilities? Who approved it? Were public funds moved legally? Why should residents pay higher rates before anyone answers those questions?

I filed a statutory objection to the new utility rates.

Indiana law says that once a qualifying objection is filed and not abandoned, the municipality may not proceed with the disputed rates until the matters are heard and determined by the court. “Evidence is a must.” https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-8/article-1-5/chapter-3/section-8-1-5-3-8-2/ (Take a look at the statute here) and here https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-36/article-9/chapter-23/section-36-9-23-26-1/

The City's own attorneys admitted the new rates could not be implemented while my petition was pending. They then asked the court to make me post a $133,400 bond for one month of what they called "foregone profit."

Then my objection was dismissed without an evidentiary hearing, and the rates were ordered imposed.

That question is now headed to the Indiana Court of Appeals:

Do ratepayer protections actually protect ratepayers or do they disappear the moment local government needs more money and find them inconvenient? MAGIC

This is not just Alexandria's problem. Every American should care when a government can lose millions in public utility funds, fail an audit, admit it does not know where the deficit money came from, raise residents' rates, and then fight the person demanding answers. We takes your money and fights yous for it. My precious.

The appeal is pending. The rates are about to be collected. The question before the Indiana Court of Appeals is simple do ratepayer protection statutes actually protect ratepayers, or do they disappear the moment a local government needs more money to cover a deficit it cannot explain?

I filed an emergency motion for stay pending appeal in the Indiana Court of Appeals involving Alexandria, Indiana’s disputed utility rate increases.

Here is the core issue:

Indiana has statutes that appear to protect ratepayers when they timely object to municipal utility rate increases.

For municipal utilities, Indiana Code § 8-1.5-3-8.2 allows property owners connected to the utility to file a written petition objecting to rates and charges.

Statute here:
https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-8/article-1-5/chapter-3/section-8-1-5-3-8-2/

For sewage works, Indiana Code § 36-9-23-26.1 says something even stronger. Once a written remonstrance is filed, the municipality “may not conduct any further proceedings concerning the rates and charges” until the court has heard and determined the matter.

Statute here:
https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-36/article-9/chapter-23/section-36-9-23-26-1/

That language sounds mandatory. The law says shall means shall. This is for ALL Indiana ratepayers not just Alexandria.

Not optional.
Not discretionary.
Not “unless the city wants the money anyway.”

In my case, I filed a statutory objection. The Clerk-Treasurer initiated and processed the filing paperwork. The City’s own attorneys repeatedly represented in writing that the disputed rates were stayed and could not be implemented.

Then the case was dismissed on a supposed procedural defect that does not appear anywhere in the statute. "The City of Alexandria was not named."

So now the question before the Court of Appeals is simple:

Does the statutory stay mean what it says?

Or can a municipality avoid it by pointing to a technical requirement the legislature never wrote into the law? Is the law illusory when the government finds it inconvenient?

That matters far beyond Alexandria.

Because if a city can keep billing and collecting disputed rates while the objection is pending, then what exactly is the point of the statutory protection? Meaningless?

If the court says the stay is enforceable, ratepayers have a real shield. The law works for us.

If the court says it is not enforceable, then every Indiana ratepayer should ask whether these objection statutes are just paper rights with no actual power. NO POWER. Think about that.

This case also involves months of public-records disputes, financial transparency issues, unresolved questions about utility fund deficits, and massive rate increases being imposed before citizens have received the records needed to evaluate whether the increases are lawful, reasonable, and justified.

I am not asking for special treatment.

I am asking for the statute to be applied as written.

The Indiana Court of Appeals now has the emergency stay motion.

Do you want to know the outcome?

Because if this motion is granted, it could confirm that Indiana ratepayers still have enforceable rights when a city raises utility rates.

And if it is denied, the public deserves to know that too.

Either way, this is bigger than one town.

This is about whether local government has to stop when the law says stop.